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F. F- SUTHE RLAND- f ATToRNvs Patented Dec. 13, 1949 CREEL Albert W.Keight and Frederick F. Sutherland,

Cumberland, Md., assignors to Celanose Corporation of America, acorporation of Delaware Application April 8, 1947, Serial No. 740,132

Claims. (01. 242-131) The invention relates to creels for holding supplypackages of yarn to be fed to warpers or other textile machines, andrelates more particularly to an improved bracket for supporting yarnpackages on the creel.

In winding section beams on a warper, packages of various designs, suchas bobbins, cones or tubes are usually mounted on brackets which are inturn mounted on the vertical bars of a creel. Prior to the instantinvention, the brackets were arranged to revolve around the center of avertical or around the pin opposite from the vertical bar to facilitatethe replacement of yarn packages thereon. Accordingly, thecenter-tocenter spacing of the vertical bars of the creel was regulatedby the length of the package. Where magazine packages were employed, thespacing of the bars was necessarily wide since a magazine package is along unit. It is, accordingly, an object of the present invention toprovide an improved bracket adapted to be mounted on' a vertical bar ofa creel, which reduces the width of the spacing required between thevertical bars.

Another object of this invention is the provision of an improvedbracket, adapted to be mounted on a vertical bar of a creel, forsupporting two yarn packages.

Still another object of this invention is to provide an improvedbracket, adapted to be fixed in position on a vertical bar of a creel,having means thereon for supporting two yarn packages, which supportingmeans are movable relative to said bracket.

Other objects of this invention, together with certain details ofconstruction and combinations of parts, will appear from the followingdetailed description.

In the drawings wherein a preferred embodiment of our invention isshown,

Fig. 1 is a detail view, in perspective, showing a number of brackets ofour invention mounted on the vertical bars of a standard type of creel,such as a Cooker transfer type creel,

Fig. 2 is a detail view, on an enlarged scale, of

our novel brackets mounted on a vertical bar of a creel, the yarnpackages being of a different type than those shown in Fig 1, and

Fig. 3 is a plan view showing the relationship of two horizontaladjacent brackets and also showing how the transfer of yarn is effected.

Like reference numerals indicate like parts throughout the several viewsof the drawings.

Referring now to Fig. l of the drawings, the reference numeral 4indicates two vertical bars of a creel which are mounted in collarbrackets 5 fixed as by bolts 6 to a cross-piece l which may rest on orbe bolted to the floor. Fixed to said vertical bars 4' are bracketsgenerally indicated by reference numeral 8 on each of which two yarnpackages may be supported, the yarn from said packages being taken offsaid yarn packages on to a section beam on a warper, or on to any otherdesired yarn support.

The brackets 8 comprise a platform 9 fixed to a collar II which inturnis fixed in a predetermined position on the vertical bar 4 of a creel.The platform is preferablypolygonal in shape and is provided adjacenttwo sides thereof with longitudinal slots l2 which are divergent. Thenear ends of said divergent slots are enlarged to pro vide substantialcircular openings l3 extending into which are stops or shoulders l4 andl5. On either side of the other ends of the slots l2 the platform 9 isprovided with depressions I 6, the purpose of which will hereinafter bedescribed.

A yarn package holder is slidably mounted in each slot I 2 of thebracket. These yarn holders comprise a base formed of two coextensiveplates I! and 18, one on top and one below platform 9, held togethersomewhat loosely on the platform by means of bolts I9 extending throughslot l2. To top plate I! of the base is fixed a substantially verticalbracket member 2|, the top of which is bent over to form a hand hold 22by which the yarn package holder may be moved'in slot l2. A spindle 23is fixed to each bracket member 2 l, extending substantially at a rightangle thereto. The spindles are adapted to receive any suitable yarnpackage such as is indicated by reference numeral 24 in Fig. 1 and byreference numeral 25 in Figs. 2 and 3. Base plate I! is provided withballs 26 and baseplate It! with balls 21.

Referring now to Fig. 3 for a description of the operation of our novelbracket for supporting yarn packages on a creel, the brackets containingthe full bobbins are pushed into position at the divergent ends of slot'l2, the yarn 28 from one bobbin A of each pair of bobbins is taken offtherefrom and led through a yarn guide 29 to the warper or other textilemachine. The yarn 3| from the other bobbin B is tied onto the transfertail of the adjacent bobbin A in the adjoining bracket. Thus, at thispoint bobbin B may be considered the supply bobbin.

When the yarn on bobbin B is all taken off, the bracket is pulledbackwards in slot l2 until the bolts l9 enter opening l3, the bracket isthen turned' until bolts I 9 come into contact with shoulders l4 and I5,one bolt coming into contact 3 with shoulder l4 and the other intocontact with shoulder I5. The spindle and bobbin at this point will beat a right angle to slot l2 making for ease in doinng the depletedbobbin and donning a full bobbin. The bracket is then given a reverseturn and pushed into position at the other end of slot H, where balls 26enter depressions I6 to hold the bobbin in position.

Balls 21 on plate 3 act as bearings when the operative pressesdownwardly on bracket member 2i to release balls 25 from depressions l9.

It is to be understood that the foregoing detailed description is givenmerely by way of illus-' tration and that many variations may be madetherein without departing from the spirit of our invention.

Having described our invention, what we de sire to secure by LettersPatent is:

1. A yarn package support for a creel comprising a platform supportableon a bar of said creel, said platform having a slot including asubstantially circular opening at one end thereof, and a yam packageholder mounted on said platform for substantially straight-line movementin said slot and for angular movement in said opening in said slot.

2. A yarn package support for a creel comprising a platform supportableon a bar of said creel, said platform having a slot including asubstantially circular opening at one end thereof, a yarn package holdermounted on said platform for substantially straight-line movement insaid slot and for angular movement in said opening in said slot, andmeans in said opening for limiting the angular movement of said yarnpackage holder.

3. A yarn package support for a creel comprising a platform supportableon a bar of said creel, said platform having therein two divergent slotseach having a substantially circular opening at one end thereof, and ayarn, package holder mounted in each of said slots for straight-linemovement in said slots and for angular movement in said openings in saidslots.

4. A yarn package support for a creel comprising a platform supportableon a bar of said creel, said platform having a slot therein, a yarnpackage holder mounted in said slot for movement relative to saidplatform, said yarn package holder including a plate on top of saidplatform, a second plate below said platform, means extending throughsaid slot for connecting said plates, a vertical bracket member on oneof said plates and a spindle on said bracket member, and means on theupper plate cooperating with depressions in the upper surface of saidplatform for holding said yarn package holder in operative position.

5. A yarn package support for a creel comprising a platform supportableon a bar of said creel, said platform having therein two divergent slotseach having a substantially circular opening at the near ends thereof, ayarn package holder mounted in each of said slots for straightlinemovement in said slots and for angular movement in said openings in saidslots, said yarn package holder including a plate on the top of saidplatform, a second plate below said platform, bolts connecting saidplates, a vertical bracket member on one of said plates and a spindle onsaid bracket member, means in said openings cooperating with said boltsto limit the angular movement of said yarn package holder, and means forholding said yarn package holder in operative position.

ALBERT W. KEIGHT. FREDERICK F. SUTHERLAND.

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